Woman-to-woman sexual violence : does she call it rape? /
Author / Creator: | Girshick, Lori B. |
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Imprint: | Boston : Northeastern University Press, c2002. |
Description: | x, 201 p. ; 24 cm. |
Language: | English |
Series: | The Northeastern series on gender, crime, and law Northeastern series on gender, crime, and law. |
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Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4630077 |
Summary: | A woman raping another woman is unthinkable. This is not how women behave, society tells us. Our legal system is not equipped to handle woman-to-woman sexual assault, our women's services do not have the resources or even the words to reach out to its victims, and our lesbian and gay communities face hurdles in acknowledging its existence. Already dealing with complex issues related to their sexual identities, and frequently overwhelmed by shame, lesbian and bisexual survivors of such violence are among the most isolated of crime victims. |
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Physical Description: | x, 201 p. ; 24 cm. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-198) and index. |
ISBN: | 1555535275 1555535283 |